For many people, changing their religious orientation also means shifting their relationship with sexuality. Purity culture has had an enormous impact on Evangelical Christians in the United States, ...

(RNS) — In ‘Recovering from Purity Culture,’ Camden Morgante confronts the damage of shame-based sexuality and charts a path forward. (RNS) — Whether it was wearing a “True Love Waits” ring, reading ...

Purity culture messaging is everywhere. Even if you didn’t grow up particularly religious or even if you had fully atheist caregivers, it’s likely you’ve been exposed to messages from purity culture ...

Purity is the moral foundation that drives people apart—and a glue that keeps them together, a new study suggests. The study, led by USC researchers, combined computer science, moral psychology and ...

Millennial evangelicals are speaking out about the heightened emphasis on sexual purity that characterized their upbringing in that subculture. Joshua Harris, a former pastor who became one of the ...

The anti-Asian shootings at three massage parlours in Atlanta, Ga., in March 2021 have complex religious elements. Eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in the attacks. The alleged ...